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In snow, Loons slip up and settle for 1-1 draw with Red Bulls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

Minnesota United’s second Snow Opener went only slightly better than indelible first one in 2017.The club’s inaugural MLS home game seven years ago is seared in supporters’ memories for the snow globe scene at TCF Bank Stadium. But that match also scarred with the 6-1 loss to expansion cousin Atlanta United.In Saturday’s home opener, the Loons gave up a first-half lead and settled for a 1-1 draw with New York Red Bulls at Allianz Field.It’s not just the 2017 home opener that went awry. Nearly every home opener has gone poorly for Minnesota as they fell to 1-3-3 before Saturday. The Loons’ only win come in 2018.Loons manager Adrian Heath had gathered his players after Friday’s training session for a quick message. Minnesota started strong with a 1-0 win over FC Dallas on Feb 25 and then had a bye in Week 2. “We had a good start last week, don’t ruin it,” Heath relayed.But Minnesota (1-0-1) let two points slip away on a snowy surface against New York (0-1-2). The sounds of Bob Marley ...

Kiszla: Prep legends Rudy Carey and Dick Katte proof basketball wisdom never grows old

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

The two philosopher kings of Colorado prep hoops, with 17 state championships and nearly 1,800 victories between them, crossed paths in a quiet corner of the Denver Coliseum, far from view of an amped-up crowd buzzing in anticipation of the biggest game of the season.Denver East coach Rudy Carey clasped his hands, bent at the waist like a samurai and respectfully bowed his head toward the heart of Denver Christian legend Dick Katte.Sixty minutes prior to tipoff of the Class 6A championship game between East and Fossil Ridge on Saturday, Katte told Carey: “Go do good, young man.”Then with the calm of a basketball Yoda, Katte reassured Carey: “I know you will do well.”Led by the gravity-defying drives of D’Aundre Samuels and the pure-as-falling-snow jump shot of Jack Greenwood, East then went out and ran a very good Fossil Ridge team into the ground, winning 82-61.Well, could you kindly give me a rewrite of the Colorado prep history book?While eavesdropping on the conversation between...

Millbrae: 3 arrested for breaking into 48 cars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

MILLBRAE — Three suspects — including one minor — were arrested Saturday for breaking into 48 cars earlier that day, authorities said.At 10:27 a.m., the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office got an alert from the Automated License Plate Reader system that a stolen red Hyundai was spotted going eastbound near the Millbrae Avenue and US 101 intersection in Millbrae.Deputies responded and while driving through the Westin Hotel parking lot they heard a car alarm going off and discovered the car’s window had been broken.Soon after, a witness reported that the Hyundai had crashed into a home at Helen and Tioga drives and three males got out of the vehicle, ran away and jumped over some fences. The witness then saw them enter the Green Hills Country Club.Sheriff’s deputies, along with the San Bruno Police Department, arrested the three suspects.Sgt. Javier Acosta told the Mercury News that authorities have evidence connecting the three individuals with 48 ca...

Driver, passenger arrested after chase leads CHP from Contra Costa County into Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- Two people were arrested after an overnight chase Saturday led authorities from Contra Costa County to Oakland, California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced in a Facebook post. The chase, which included CHP vehicles and an airplane, happened around 2 a.m. after officers located a stolen car driving on I-80. Want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge? Here’s how much it is selling for The CHP aircraft followed the suspect vehicle until the driver parked in Oakland. Officers on the ground went to the suspect's location where the driver was arrested after a foot chase, according to the post. CHP officers on the ground then searched for the passenger of the suspect vehicle. After a brief foot chase, the passenger was arrested, authorities said.Video from the chase (above) shows the CHP aircraft following the suspect vehicle. Around the video's 1:59 mark, you can see the suspect vehicle driving until stopping at an Oakland road.KRON On is streaming...

Bruins fastest ever to 50 wins, clinch playoff berth

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins’ T-shirt factory is struggling to keep up with all the milestones the team is cruising past on its way to the Presidents’ Trophy.“Fifty wins, it’s amazing,” said forward A.J. Greer, who was wearing a shirt commemorating Patrice Bergeron’s 1,000th NHL point while discussing Boston’s 50th win of the season, a 3-2 victory over Detroit on Saturday.The Bruins became the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season, earning their spot when the Capitals beat the Islanders 5-1 on Saturday night. Boston’s win also made it the fastest team to 50 wins in NHL history. “I love playing for this team,” Greer said after assisting on Garnet Hathaway’s game-winner with six minutes left. “I love wearing the Bruins logo and especially with the results, it’s been an amazing journey so far. But we’re not really focused on anything right now besides playing the right way for 60 minutes every night.”Hathaway gathered in a rebound...

Mark Scheifele scores in OT, Jets beat Panthers 5-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored his second goal of the game at 4:31 overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 5-4 victory over Florida on Saturday night, ending the Panthers’ winning streak at three games.Vladislav Namestnikov also scored twice, Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and Connor Hellebuyck made 44 saves. Winnipeg had lost seven of eight.Matthew Tkachuk scored twice for Florida. Sam Reinhart and Marc Staal also connected and Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.The Panthers rallied in the third to force overtime, with Staal driving in and firing one off Hellebuyck’s glove 33 seconds in to make it 4-3.On another power play chance, Tkachuk tied it with his second of the game at 6:24 when he scored on a backhander from the slot.NOTES: The Panthers had F Anthony Duclair back in the lineup after he missed their game Friday night against Chicago with an illness. With Duclair playing, Florida scratched D Casey Fitzgerald. … Tkachuk snapped a seven-game goals drought in the first period. ...

Maple Leafs score 4 in 2nd period, down McDavid’s Oilers 7-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — John Tavares scored two of the four goals in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs roared back to down the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Saturday night.Mitchell Marner had a goal and three assists for Toronto, while William Nylander and Auston Matthews each scored and had an assist. Tavares added an assist for a three-point night and Noel Acciari had the other two goals, including into the empty net, for the Leafs.Matt Murray made 22 savesConnor McDavid replied with his NHL-best 55th goal of the season and added two assists for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane and Mattias Ekholm also scored for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots. Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins chipped in with two assists each.Down 3-1 in the second, the Leafs kick-started their comeback when Marner intercepted a Ryan McLeod pass in front of Edmonton’s net before beating Skinner with his 24th goal of the campaign.Marner then stole another puck — this time off Nick Bjugstad — to fe...

Iona secures 2nd straight NCAA Tourney bid beating Marist

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Daniss Jenkins scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half and Walter Clayton Jr. scored 17 points and Iona beat Marist 76-55 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship game on Saturday night and clinched an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.Patrick Gardner scored 23 points and reserve Kam Farris scored 12 for Marist.The Gaels never trailed.“Man, I wanna cry right now, you know,” Jenkins said after the game. “We put in a lot of hard of hard work; a lot of dedication, baby, and a lot of determination, you know. I told my guys tonight, let’s just go out and play with a lot of passion, a lot of confidence, baby. This is what we worked for; we earned it… so let’s go out and take what’s ours.”Iona led 35-26 at halftime before Marist outscored the Gaels 20-9 in the first nine-and-a-half minutes of the second half with half Marist’s points coming from the foul line.Farris made a 3 to tie it a...

Magic beat Heat in overtime despite 38 points by Butler

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wendell Carter had 27 points and 11 rebounds and the Orlando Magic bounced back from a fourth-quarter collapse to beat the Miami Heat 126-114 in overtime Saturday night.Jimmy Butler scored 38 points for the Heat, including 15 in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter when Miami overcame a 15-point deficit. Butler’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sent the game to overtime. The finish of the fourth quarter included a wild sequence during which Paolo Banchero’s foul on a 3-point attempt by Butler with 14.5 seconds left was overturned by a replay.Banchero had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Magic. Franz Wagner had 17 points and eight rebounds before leaving with an ankle injury early in the fourth quarter.Wagner’s 3-pointer late in the first quarter gave Orlando a 12-point lead, but Butler scored twice during a 12-0 run that got the Heat quickly back into the game.Heat guard Kyle Lowry played 36 minutes in his first game in more than a mont...

Kyrou scores hat trick as Blues beat Blue Jackets 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored three goals, seldom-used goaltender Thomas Greiss stopped 38 shots and the St. Louis Blues cruised to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.Sammy Blais had a goal and two assists, Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Schenn and Robert Thomas each had two assists for the Blues, who won their second straight after losing eight of nine.Greiss, a 37-year-old journeyman, played in just his fourth game since Jan. 26 as starter Jordan Binnington got a rest on the front end of a back-to-back.Patrik Laine scored his team-high 21st goal, Boone Jenner also scored and Michael Hutchinson, in his first start with the Blue Jackets, had 19 saves for the NHL’s worst team. Columbus has lost four straight.Saad poked the puck past Hutchinson’s right leg in traffic to get the Blues on the board at 7:19 of the first period. Laine answered less than two minutes later with a one-timer off a perfect cross-ice pass from ...